PSYC 1010 Quiz: Cognitive Explanations - Cognitive Distortions revision notes

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Aviva Goldberg

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This theory does not account for individual differences. Some people are much more susceptible (easily led) to the influence of others. Therefore the theory neglects to consider the role of temperament and personality. This theory shifted the emphasis away from biology and eugenics arguments for criminality. It can also account for white-collar crime and indeed it was sutherland who coined the term. Differential association can explain crime for all race, gender and social groups. Farrington found that the family is a large influence on offending. Part 1 the physiology of stress: selye (1936) proposed the idea of the general adaptation syndrome (gas), which suggests that stress helps us to adapt to new situations and we undergo three stages in doing so. Therefore, as the stressor becomes chronic, increased activity is triggered in the parasympathetic branch in order to reduce the physiological responses increased by the sympathetic branch.